Track aligning and spiking device



April 7, 1925.

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ChacZe-s-A.Bierson, k9 nu/w Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

., lUNlTED I STATES oHARLEs A. rIEnsoN, on SHARON, PENNSY VANIA.

TRACK ALIGNING AND'SPIKING. DEVICE.

Application filed October 18,1923. Serial No. 669,419.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. PinnsoN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Sharon, in the county of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track Aligning and Spiking Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for assist ing in the aligning and laying of railroad track.

The principal object of this invention is the provision of simply constructed means which will enable a track man to secure a purchase on the ballastwith a crow bar, or the like instrument, when a trackis being aligned or moved from one location to another, the same device being used to lift a rail tie against the track while the parts are being spiked together.

Another and important object of the invention is the provision of means as above which will be so constructed as to prevent backward movement of itself under action of the crow bar when moving the rail.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is merely the best form of which I am now aware, and in these drawings:--

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my device.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan, and

v Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

Referring now to the illustrative example, I have shown a plate 1 provided with a substantially semi-circular fulcrum 2-and other projections 3, the. latter projections being situated near the extreme edges of the plate 1 so as to leave a gap between themselves. A cut-away portion or trough 4: is provided in proximity to the fulcrum 2 and one edge of the plate 1. On the reverse side I provide a series of lateral projections 5. It will be understood that these various projections and the fulcrum, may be of any desired configuration and may be made integral with the plate, as by casting the device, or may be applied separately, as will be found expeditious. In operation when it is desired to move the track from one location to another, as in aligning the device will be placed with the fulcrum side down and at a point between ties and between rails, or slightly nearer the rail upon which the operator will apply direct force from the crow bar. If the crow bar is then inserted beneath the rail and between ties from the outside of the track, the end of the crow bar may rest between any of the projections 5 and as the entire device is prevented from moving backward or towards the operator by reason of the fulcrum 2 and the projections 3 sinking into the ballast, the track can be moved-by exerting sufficient upward force on the operator end of the crow bar. This operation is repeated as often as desired and the device may be shifted or adjusted as necessary. It will be apparent that the surface of the device is sufiicient to prevent the end of the crow bar which bears the entire weight of the track, from sinking into. the ballast, and allows the same a positive purchase, while at the same time the projections upon the under surface prevent backward slippage of the device as a whole.

lVhen spiking rails to ties, which is usually done when the ties are not in ballast, it is necessary that the tie be raised and held against the base of the rail while the spiking operation is carried out. In utilizing this device to aid in spiking rails and ties together, it is simply necessary to turn the device over on the other side with the projections 5 down, placing the device in line with the tie being spiked and near the end thereof. If now the operator places a crow bar upon the fulcrum 2 projecting downwardly against the bottom of thetrough 4 and beneath the end of the tie, he may, by

exerting downward force on his end of the crow bar, lift the tie to the desired extent 1. A device for assisting in moving a track pable of serving as a fulcrum extending-the entire width of the; plate. I 3. A device of the character described, in-

cluding a plate, a cut-aweyxtrough at one end thereof, a substantially semi-circular projection fulcrum adjacent said- 'trough two projections at the. end of the plate oppo- 10 site-the trough separated 'so as not" to inter,-

ferewi-tlr axdowmward movenzlent'lof the end of'a-crow bar resting uponthe-fu1crum, the

reverseside of said plate being provided withwpl-u-rality of parallel projections ex tending the entire width of the plate, said projectionswandifulcrum being integral with said plate.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

CHARLES-I PIERSGN." j 

